Mitchell Baker

Air Date
January 11, 2010
What does it take to steer a small, volunteer-run organization to success in a world of vastly larger, for-profit competitors? What role do policy decisions play in the ultimate success of a new and improved technology? In Mitchell Baker's account of the making and managing of Mozilla, passion, persistence and cool practicality all play a role.

About the Innovator

Toshiko Mori Interview Transcript
Architect

Throughout her career as a practicing architect and educator, Toshiko Mori has pursued a technical interest in the properties of materials, and especially synthetic materials, in addition to her concerns for purity of line, visual lightness and thermal performance.

Why She Innovates

As an architect, Toshiko Mori has always taken a personal delight in discovering new properties and potentials in materials. Whether designing exhibitions, houses or institutional projects such as the Visitor Center for Frank Lloyd Wright’s Darwin D. Martin House in Buffalo, New York, she enjoys a process that combines intuition with the rigor of research.

Toshiko Mori Interview Highlights Transcript

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I would say every architect that I know is a philosopher on his or her own.

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Mitchell Baker

5 Jan, 11:10 AM
What does it take to steer a small, volunteer-run organization to success in a world of vastly larger, for-profit competitors? What role do policy decisions play in the ultimate success of a new and improved technology? In Mitchell Baker's account of the making and managing of Mozilla, passion, persistence and cool practicality all play a role.